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  1. PCMag: Site Behind Major SSN Leak Returns With Detailed Data on Millions: How to Opt Out. “The site shut down in December amid a wave of lawsuits against parent company Jericho Pictures after a breach exposed an estimated 272 million unique SSNs and 600 million phone numbers. Since then, the site has been relatively dormant. But today, we spotted the nationalpublicdata.com domain springing back […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/13/site-behind-major-ssn-leak-returns-with-detailed-data-on-millions-how-to-opt-out-pcmag/

  2. You Should Be Angry Over the Lack of Federal Privacy Reform

    Data breaches and leaks have grown so large, entire countries have now started getting hit. Yet, privacy reform continues to be elusive.

    freezenet.ca/you-should-be-ang

    #News #Privacy #Security #BillC27 #breach #Canada #hack #NationalPublicData #PrivacyReform #SIN #SSN #US

  3. #NationalPublicData confirms massive data breach included #SocialSecurityNumbers

    Social Security numbers, names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers were in the 2.9 billion records within a data #breach. #Security firm Pentester.com tool tells you if your data is involved.
    #privacy

    usatoday.com/story/tech/2024/0

  4. World's Biggest Data Breach?: Personal Information of 2.9 Billion Exposed in National Public Data Hack—How It Happened

    Analyzing the massive data breach plus tips on what to do if you are affected or want to prevent your data from being exposed in future data breaches

    "In this case, National Public Data scraped non-public sources for personally identifiable information (PII) of billions of people, many of whom did not willingly provide their data."

    #DataBreach #NationalPublicData #NPDHack #Hack #Hackers #MassiveHack #DataHack #CyberSecurity #News #GlobalNews #Tech #Technology #TechnoogyNews #OnlineSecurity #CyberCrime #CyberAwareness #ManiaTech #ManiaAfrica

    mania.africa/worlds-biggest-da

  5. Hackers may have leaked the #SocialSecurity Numbers (#SSN) of every #American
    A dump of 2.7 billion records includes names, aliases and known physical addresses.
    The data, which is unencrypted, is believed to have been obtained from a #databroker called #NationalPublicData.
    On August 6th, a #threatactor known as "#Fenice" leaked the most complete version of the stolen National Public Data data for free on the #Breached hacking forum.
    bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu

  6. #DataBreach: 3 Billion #NationalPublicData Records (a a criminal records and #backgroundcheck service by #JericoPictures Inc) with SSNs was Dumped Online
    The latest #breach (277GB) poses a major threat to #Americans as it includes #plaintext SSNs, which are critical identifiers used for various financial and governmental transactions. In the wrong hands, these #SSN are highly susceptible to abuse by identity scammers, making the breach a significant security risk.
    hackread.com/data-breach-natio